Historical: Mansfield Academy, ca. 1904

Students at the Mansfield Academy are shown in 1904.

In 1901, the citizens of Mansfield organized the Mansfield Academy Association and purchased the school grounds from the Commissioners' Court of Tarrant County. A new two story, red pressed brick building, trimmed with white bricks, was erected and used as the main building. There were two other brick buildings used for intermediate and primary grades. The main entrance faced Elm Street. The playgrounds south of the building were assigned to the upperclassmen. The primary grades played on the grounds that lay between the main building and two small brick buildings.

The campus was fenced with barbed wire. Architect W.G. Clarkson designed the building and James T. Taylor completed the construction on Oct. 7, 1901. The school was conducted by J. Henry Phillips and S.V. Carmarck and others until the summer of 1909.

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To learn more about Mansfield history, check out the Mansfield Historical Museum, 102 N. Main St., open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free. For more info, call 817-473-4250, emailmuseum@mansfieldtexas.gov or go to mansfieldhistory.org.

Photo courtesy of the Mansfield Historical Society.

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